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The Katusha-Alpecin team unveiled its new look for the coming season at the 2018 team presentation in Mallorca, Spain today. The squad will have a splash of light blue combined with the red and white of past years for the coming season.

The Katusha-Alpecin team unveiled its new look for the coming season at the 2018 team presentation in Calpe, Spain today. The squad will have a splash of light blue combined with the red and white of past years for the coming season.

Security guards at the annual Art Miami fair became alarmed after sniffer dogs indicated something amiss inside a participant’s bag. No bombs were found, thankfully, but what they saw next was pretty amusing.

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• US student debt balances are now around $1.3 trillion, about the same size as the US junk bond market.
• Defaults on student loans are often higher than on other types of debt.
• Most of the default risk is on the US federal government, which guarantees many student loans.

While the investment world’s attention is focused on the bitcoin and cryptocurrency bubble, another potentially more damaging bubble is brewing in the US.

Peter Bosz is set to lose his position as Dortmund coach after six months. Borussia Dortmund plan to announce the sacking of coach Peter Bosz on Sunday, Sport Bild and other German news outlets reported, after the spiralling club lost at home to Werder Bremen on Saturday. The result extended the Black and Yellows' winless streak to eight games in the Bundesliga dating to September, in which time they've fallen from first to seventh place while losing 18 points to league leaders Bayern Munich. Читать дальше...

Peter Bosz is set to lose his position as Dortmund coach after six months. Borussia Dortmund plan to announce the sacking of coach Peter Bosz on Sunday, Sport Bild reported after the spiralling club lost at home to Werder Bremen on Saturday. The result extended the Black and Yellows' winless streak to eight games in the Bundesliga dating to September, in which time they've fallen from first to seventh place while losing 18 points to league leaders Bayern Munich. Bosz had described Saturday's match... Читать дальше...

Armie Hammer Apologized To Casey Affleck

In a recent cover story with The Hollywood Reporter, should-be-down-on-his-knees-thanking-the-Hollywood-gods-for-this-unexpected-career-resurgence actor Armie Hammer had some thoughts about the current “Outing Celebrity Pervs Initiative 2017.” Armie appeared in 2016’s Birth of a Nation, a film that was seen by some as on a fast track to an Oscar nom. That was until it was revealed that writer/director/star Nate Parker had been acquitted of rape charges in 2001... Читать дальше...

Oklahoma’s QB had a long and unusual journey to the top of college football, and he’s about to be the first former non-scholarship player in the scholarship era to win the Heisman.

Thousands of people rallied in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night in what organisers called a "March of Shame" in protest at alleged corruption in government.

Markus Perez is about to make his UFC debut, and he wants to make history in the company.

The eventual Hall of Famer spent the final years of his career in Tampa Bay

Five Years Ago

This week in 2012, the ITU was holding its World Conference on International Telecommunications to try to, more or less, "fix the internet" (not that it was broken). Their ideas about speeding up infrastructure built-out were more likely to slow it down, and it was unclear who many of the new proposed rules actually covered. They rushed to approve a deep packet inspection standard in secret, then turned out to be really bad at secrecy. Amidst all this it was no surprise... Читать дальше...

AMERICAN MILLENNIALS now find themselves in a place of permanent precarity. Financial security and stability are vaporous dreams for a generation that has to contend with hypercompetitive job markets, suffocating student debts, stagnant wages, eroding worker protections, and rising incarcerations. In his well-researched and depressing book Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of […]

Courtney Love's daughter came into town to view the numerous art shows and a few top private collections.

New York is looking to upgrade their middle infield this winter.

While the Yankees may have made the biggest move of the day in New York in acquiring Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins, reports out of Newsday’s Marc Carig indicate the Mets have expressed interest in the Tigers’ Ian Kinsler and the Indians’ Jason Kipnis this winter:

Mets have had trade talks with Tigers about Ian Kinsler and also with the Indians about Jason Kipnis. I hear they may also use winter meetings to explore deal with Pirates for Josh Harrison. Читать дальше...

Kuwait Times

Protesters slam ‘reckless’ US – Jerusalem move, ‘Arab silence’ KUWAIT: A large number of Kuwaitis and Arabs yesterday demonstrated in Irada Square opposite the National Assembly to express their rejection of the US administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy there. The call to protest had been […]

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The focus was on Trump’s record on civil rights, and not the heroes themselves.

Lots of people weren't thrilled with Saturday Night Live for capitalizing on the presence of Irish-American guest host Saoirse Ronan with a sketch about Ireland's Aer Lingus airline.

Andrew Rowsey scored 24 points and Marquette defeated in-state rival Wisconsin 82-63.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Mississippi for the opening of museums dedicated to the state's history and its role in the civil rights movement (all times local): 1:45 p.m. During the opening ceremony for two museums in Mississippi, about 25 people, black and white, stood silently with Confederate battle flag stickers covering their mouths. They were protesting that the emblem is still part of the Mississippi state flag. President Donald Trump visited Saturday for the opening of the museums... Читать дальше...

Troopers believe the truck struck a Land Rover, causing it to roll multiple times.

The bad news, if you’re a Yankees fan, is that moving to The Bronx shouldn’t dramatically increase Giancarlo Stanton’s home run total. The good news? He’s going to be just as much of a power threat on the road as he will be in the bandbox that is Yankee Stadium. According to MLB.com’s Statcast system,...